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J Appl Physiol 67: 1377-1382, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 4 1377-1382, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Antenatal steroids, postnatal surfactant, and pulmonary function in premature rabbits

I. M. Gladstone, M. R. Mercurio, S. G. Devenny and H. C. Jacobs
Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.

Antenatal corticosteroids reduce the incidence of the respiratory distress syndrome and improve pulmonary mechanics at least in part by mechanisms other than surfactant stimulation. We measured several aspects of pulmonary function in rabbits to better understand the mechanisms involved. Seven does were given intramuscular betamethasone and six were given vehicle on days 25 and 26 of gestation. Delivery was on day 27 (term = 31). Half of the fetuses from each litter were given rabbit surfactant before the first breath. All fetuses were then ventilated at a consistent tidal volume for 1 h. Pulmonary function tests included static and dynamic compliance, expiratory time constant, stress relaxation, total lung resistance, and total lung conductance. Steroid or surfactant treatment increased dynamic compliance, and the effects of both together were greater than either alone. Static compliance was affected more by surfactant than steroids, whereas lung resistance and conductance were affected more by steroids. The differences in action of the two therapies help account for the increased dynamic compliance seen with combination therapy.


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